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Energy & industry

To work on an industrial site, a maintenance technician takes a smartphone or a tablet. They use it to view plans, enter readings and, sometimes, send a command to a PLC.

This device connects in turn to the company network and the industrial network. If it is compromised, it can serve as a bridge between the two, despite the segmentation and firewalls that separate them.

Technician using a tablet on an industrial site

The context

Physical consequences, not just data

On an industrial site, an attack can cause a production shutdown, or even a safety incident, on top of a data leak.

A power, water or gas outage immediately affects the population: the operators of these infrastructures can therefore be targeted by state-sponsored attacks.

IT/OT convergence has multiplied the bridges between the two networks. The technician's mobile device is one of them: it connects to the site Wi-Fi, the company network and 4G, sometimes within the same hour.

The European NIS2 directive covers energy, water and several branches of manufacturing. Like other regulations of this kind, it requires vulnerability management and incident notification.

The stakes

What threatens industrial sites

A bridge between IT and OT

A compromised device can bypass network segmentation and bring the threat all the way to industrial control systems.

Rugged devices, old systems

Field equipment stays in service for years with operating systems that are no longer updated, and therefore exposed to public flaws.

Isolated sites, uncontrolled networks

Remote stations, platforms, worksites: connections made over public or shared networks, where traffic can be intercepted.

The solution

Pradeo's answer for industry

Pradeo detects in real time the threats targeting field mobile devices: malicious applications, rigged networks, vulnerable operating systems. The response is automated, and the solution integrates with the main mobile fleet management platforms.

The benefits

What Pradeo brings

Protection that runs in the background, without disrupting the technician's work.

Less risk for production

Threats are detected on the device before reaching the industrial network, reducing the risk of a production shutdown.

Support for NIS2 and similar regulations

Continuous security checks and detailed reports to demonstrate compliance.

A response with no IT intervention

Isolated sites do not always have an IT team on site: the response to a detected threat is automated.

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